I'm ready to buy this and I wanted to know, can this hurt my car?

 

if you drive through a large enough puddle you can hydrolock you engine.

 

can't hurt the car, please do a search on the cai and hydrolock if you want to learn more. hydrolock is only possible in complete submersion circumstances.

 

Just don't roll through 2 1/2 foot deep puddle and you'll be fine. Also keep your stock intake just incase something does go bad that can be related to your intake so you can swap the stock one in and bring it to the dealership.

 

Drive through deep enough water with the stock intake, and you can hydrolock your engine, too. I suppose you have a snorkel on your car to reduce the risk?

 

that would be the shiznit on my RA

 

dont drop it on ur car, you might chip the paint. thats about it

 

no i dont, but is there not more of a risk with a CAI seeing how it is lower to the ground?

 

if you drive through puddles deep enough to submerge the lower quarter of your car, then yes since it is in the lower quarter of your car there is a bigger risk. I wouldn't recommend traversing any flooding roads with ANY car, let alone a small front wheel drive economy car.

 

Slightly more, I'll give you that. Not enough to make me worry about it. I'd have to drive through water that would be deep enough to come in through my door to hydrolock my engine.

 

(puts on flame suit)

Yes and No... The High Flow filters used on these do allow more particles of dirt/airborn pollutants to enter the engine as compared to a stock filter... The long term effects are going to be noticeably higher engine wear compared to a completely stock system if both are maintained on a regular schedule... Most of the K&N filters you can actually see holes in the material... How long it will take to damage anything? Could be as high as 150,000 miles before you actually notice any oil consumption... A well oiled filter makes a difference, but our MAF sensors apparently don't appreciate too much of that...

 

it's a happy medium. you won't get stuff big enough to damage engine components, but you will get more dust and things. regular maintenance on your vehicle will help combat this, especially oil changes. the less you clean the air filter the better off you are too, to a point. K&N recommends a large service interval since the dirt buildup actually helps the filter do its job, something like 50k. I posted a quote in another thread somewhere from their website.

 

ive had 30k+ miles on my car with the RRM CAI and ive had no problem (knocking on wood).

 

RRM makes good and reliable parts, with the help to get you through any problems you may encounter. I have spent a good some of cash with them and i am not disappointed with anything......

 

you can always cut in a aem bypass if your worried about hydrolock .